ROBIN GIBB (UK)

Born: 22 December 1949
Died: 20 May 2012 (aged 62)
Real name: Robin Hugh Gibb

Robin was born on the Isle Of Man and was two minutes older than Maurice, his twin brother. His father, Hugh was a band leader and a drummer. With his bothers Barry and Maurice and two friends, they formed a band called The Rattlesnakes which later became Wee Johnny Hayes & The Blue Cats when the 2 friends left. The family then re-located to Australia where the brothers started calling themselves The Bee Gees. They would go on to have a hugely successful career. In 1969 Robin left The Bee Gees due to rivalry with Barry and he started a solo career. He would go on to see 8 UK hits with ‘Saved By The Bell’ giving him his best peak of 2. He would manage 3 US hits with ‘Oh Darlin’ getting to 15 and being his best performer. He would reunited with the Bee Gees in 1970. When he died it was initially reported that it was from cancer, but his son, Robin-John, has said that the cancer was in remission and that his father died of kidney failure.

Date of entry	Song	Peak (weeks at 1)	Weeks
22-Aug-1969	Saved By The Bell	1 (3)	12
07-Sep-1984	Boys Do Fall In Love	7	19
		Total hits	2
		Total weeks	31

Biggest climber awards	4
Star rater climbs	5
Biggest fallers	1
Weeks with oldest in the charts	0
Longest run in the charts (weeks)	19
Weeks with more than 1 in the charts	0
Biggest gap between hits (weeks)	773
Top 30 points ranking	=262
Top 20 points ranking	=286
Top 30 points	568
Top 20 points	277

The gap of 773 weeks between hits was the biggest gap any act had seen at the time but had dropped to 5^th biggest by the time the charts ended.

Hits as a member of The Bee Gees:

Date of entry	Song	Peak (weeks at 1)	Weeks
30-Jun-1967	New York Mining Disaster 1941	2	7
10-Nov-1967	Massachusetts	1 (7)	17
15-Mar-1968	World	18	3
29-Mar-1968	Words	5	12
13-Sep-1968	To Love Somebody	10	8
11-Oct-1968	I’ve Gotta Get A Message To You	1 (3)	13
21-Feb-1969	I Started A Joke	2	9
02-May-1969	First Of May	4	11
13-Aug-1971	How Can You Mend A Broken Heart?	7	9
20-Oct-1972	Run To Me	3	17
20-Jan-1978	How Deep Is Your Love	2	23
07-Apr-1978	Stayin’ Alive	1 (8)	16
05-May-1978	Night Fever	2	14
19-Jan-1979	Too Much Heaven	1 (7)	16
06-Apr-1979	Tragedy	2	9
15-Oct-1987	You Win Again	2	27
		Total hits	16
		Total weeks	211

Robin didn’t appear on ‘Tomorrow Tomorrow’ and ‘Don’t Forget To Remember Me’.

Hits written by Robin not appearing above:

Song	Act	Peak (weeks at 1)	Weeks
New York Mining Disaster 1941	The Staccatos	18	3
Only One Woman	Marbles	1 (1)	14
Shadow Dancing	Andy Gibb	4	17
Woman In Love	Barbra Streisand	1 (8)	18
Heartbreaker	Dionne Warwick	4	17
Islands In The Stream	Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers	4	36
Chain Reaction	Diana Ross	4	18
Love Me	Yvonne Elliman	3	12
		Total hits	8
		Total weeks	135

Total chart involvement:

Number of hits	2
Weeks	377
Number of No. 1’s	7
Weeks at 1	36